Perform the following actions on the Windows virtual machine (use Forensic VDI) and write a report explaining your experience as well as a reflection on what was happening and how easy it was to encrypt, decrypt as well as how you could determine whether the file was encrypted or not. Compare your hash values after each step as part of this reflection to make sure the data was not altered in any way.
Create or download a file -- make sure it has some content.
Use quick hash to get a SHA1 and MD5 hash of the file. Ensure you do the same thing after every action you perform against your file.
Use AES Encrypt to encrypt the file. You should be able to do this by right-clicking on the file and selecting AES Encrypt.
Investigate the resulting file with HxD (a hexadecimal editor). Is there anything that would indicate the file was encrypted and how it was encrypted?
Decrypt the file using AES encrypt. (be sure to remove the original file from the folder or you will receive an error)